loribear

now now boys, can we please have some decorum as this is a friendly forum, this is not grange hill so chill out & take a pill. lori

hi paul welcome to the forum, i'm sure you'll enjoy it as we're all a friendly lot on here.

hi rammy lag1rich was selling a dinghy & the pic was on chesterfield canal, which is very very narrow,lori

very good my dear rammy,you're off with your ramblings again just don't go crying too much, or your tears will turn into rain, so chin up & give a big smile, don't stay sad for too long be a brave little sqwirrel dear rammy, & you'll be forever strong. lori

hi clive how's things coming with the new boat ? it seems to have all gone quiet , are you nearly getting to the end yet ? lori

hi lag1rich it only just fits into our little canal does'nt it, in all the years ive lived here ive never actually been to see the canal , but have seen it from stavely. it'll never be as attractive as the broads will it ?. lori

hi rammy nice to hear from you again, where have you been hiding ? mind you i would hide if i was you as ive read that it's good luck to kill a squirrel in some countries lori

hi everyone, was thinking about mum this morning, & about when she got her first boat, she said it was unlucky to watch your boat going in the water, so she sat in the car til it had gone in, just curious to know, has anybody on here heard of that or any other superstitions about boats, & do any of you lot believe in that sort of thing ? lori

hi soundings i think it depends on where you get it from, we got a dish & freeview box for about £70 from maplins, it came as a set. lori

hi mariotech, i'm afraid you can't do it, ive also got an iphone & ive got a mercury full screen browser on it, & i thought it might work but it does'nt, pity really it would have been nice to be able to put videos & pics straight on there. lori

hi john i'd love to polish her ,if it meant being afloat for a while, maybe you should have called her ,the admirals girl .lori

glad you're both enjoying yourselves, i'm so jealous, after i saw those awful pics of me that you put on i've got myself back on the treadmill again & i got rid of that awful cardigan , did'nt realise how much weight i'd put on, hope the weather stays nice for you while you're down there. lori

hi john are you having a nice time down there ? maybe next year you should call it the booze cruisers not the meet, lori

hi all just seen photos, i look awful, but it was really nice to meet you at all at last,sorry if we made a few waves on way out, only just got back to boatyard with 5 minutes to spare as we got stuck behind the big belle ferry, feeling sad today being back at home & the weather does'nt help being drab, hope you all had a great time, sorry we could'nt stay longer, it seemt to go so fast, maybe next time we 'll try & stay longer. lorraine,

ohmg, WOW, they look abit close too those houses for my liking, that it one BIG barge, lori

Aah they're lovely, cute little balls of fluff, it's a great picie, lori

hi john loved the video, did'nt think it was too bad, it was abit like that when me & my sister went across a couple of years ago, but nobody stopped us from going across, we were bouncing all the way across, i loved it but my sister did'nt she stayed inside, whimp,we were in a centre cockpit boat so it could take it. it was great. lori

hi giogio, welcome to our forum i'm sure you'll enjoy it, i know you feel i too live up there in chessy, & the canals don't do it for me either , my parents used to come down to norfolk regulary when i was a youngster, then my dad had a boat at lincoln, it was nice but not the same as the broads, that's where my true heart lies. lori

hi jill thanks for putting that link on, they're really great pics, it made me sigh all the way through them oh dear i wish i could win the lottery, i'd never leave the broads, you'd have to drag me away kicking & screaming , lol lori

hi all, if i was going to run a boatyard it would be abit like sheerlines of wroxham ,i would have boats with all the facilities on board so that if it was a slack time, you could hire them out as day boats when they were'nt being hired out for proper breaks, that way you'd still make some money from them, instead of letting them stand idle.lori

having just read the remarks, it sounds to me like the government are playing dirty, it sounds like they are trying to move all the industry to the london area to make THEM more money , & as usual don't give a monkeys about the rest of the country,& it sounds like they are just making excuses to shut other ports.it's the same with chesterfield they've shut about 6 firms around here & most of the work has gone abroad, & they've built tescos on some of the sites, we've now got 5 tescos, which is ridiculous, who needs THAT many tescos ? lori

hi all been watching webcam 2day, it's nice to see things picking up again on the river it's nice to have something to watch at last, yey. lori

sorry jonny i have to disagree with you there, the drawings look nice nice but i'm afraid aqua44 looks ugly, like an old bath tub,& that front front looks hideous, they should leave greenhouses at home. lori

hi clive are the beds going to be abit longer, they always seem slightly small for tall people, my hubbys 6ft 2 & always had problems with the beds, so it was never very comfortable for him, so he's stopped going. lori

hi ian just a little note on mooring, always remember you can drive backwards but you can't steer backwards, just keep that in mind if you ever have to reverse to moor up.just drive it forward straighten it up THEN reverse it back, & take it slowly. lori